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Management of COVID-19-Associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a Full-Term Pregnant Woman: A Case Report Cover

Management of COVID-19-Associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a Full-Term Pregnant Woman: A Case Report

Open Access
|Aug 2023

Abstract

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) can occur after viral infections. Its occurrence after COVID-19 infection in the peripartum period is a very rare co-occurrence. Therefore, there are no guidelines for the management of these patients. We report the case of a 32-year-old pregnant woman who developed COVID-19-associated GBS with aspiration pneumonia, motor weakness, and ascending paralysis at 39 weeks of gestation. Preoperative plasmatic exchange (plasmapheresis) and oxygen support were very effective and allowed for a rapid recovery within five days. Because of foetal distress during labor, the patient had a caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia with no maternal complications or adverse foetal outcomes.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20232701.d-22-00066 | Journal eISSN: 2719-535X | Journal ISSN: 2719-6488
Language: English
Page range: 52 - 54
Submitted on: Nov 8, 2022
Accepted on: Feb 2, 2023
Published on: Aug 7, 2023
Published by: Institute of Mother and Child
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2023 Anouar Jarraya, Manel Kammoun, Sonda Dammak, Kamel Kolsi, published by Institute of Mother and Child
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